Figures released today show the city's 11 casinos took in $289.4 million last month. Slot machine revenue fell 3.4 percent, to $208.6 million, while table game revenue decreased by 15.4 percent, to $80.9 million.

Atlantic City has been steadily losing business to Pennsylvania's 10 casinos, as well as gambling halls in New York, Delaware and Connecticut.

On Monday, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa laid off 50 workers, citing competition and the poor economy, and Trump Entertainment Resorts said it let go an undisclosed number of workers at its three casinos.

Only two of the 11 casinos posted revenue increases. Caesars Atlantic City was up 5.6 percent to $38.3 million, and Resorts Casino Hotel was up 4.3 percent to $14.5 million.

The biggest decline was at the Tropicana Casino and Resort, which earlier this week fired its president, Mark Giannantonio. The casino's April revenues fell by 19.8 percent to $19.2 million. Close on its heels was Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, which saw a 19.3 percent decline to $13.2 million.

Other declines were the Borgata, down an uncharacteristic 11.3 percent, even though the $49.8 million it won in April was still tops in the city; Trump Marina Hotel Casino, which is to be sold in two weeks to the Texas-based owners of the Las Vegas Golden Nugget (down 7.9 percent to $10.9 million); Harrah's Resort Atlantic City (down 7.6 percent to $38.3 million; the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort (down 7.2 percent to $31.9 million); the Showboat Casino Hotel (down 6.7 percent to $23.2 million); Bally's Atlantic City (down 5.1 percent to $35.3 million); and the Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort, down 1 percent to $14.1 million.

The casinos paid $19.9 million in taxes, plus $3.6 million in state-mandated economic reinvestment funds.

For the first four months of this year, Atlantic City's casinos have won $1.1 billion, down 7.2 percent from the same period a year ago.